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Direct linkMyhill, Debra; Watson, Annabel – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
For most Anglophone countries, the history of grammar teaching over the past 50 years is one of contestation, debate and dissent: and 50 years on we are no closer to reaching a consensus about the role of grammar in the English/Language Arts curriculum. The debate has been described through the metaphor of battle and grammar wars (Kamler, 1995;…
Descriptors: Role, Grammar, Writing Instruction, English Instruction
Myhill, Debra; Lines, Helen; Watson, Annabel – English in Australia, 2012
The place of grammar in an English or literacy curriculum has long been a source of debate, one in which professionals, politicians and the public have often engaged with unbridled enthusiasm. As such, the debate has sometimes been characterised more by ideology or polemic, than by intellectual engagement with the core ideas. In part, this is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, English Teachers
Peer reviewedMyhill, Debra – English in Education, 1993
Explores the themes of diversity and choice as they relate to the teaching of English at all levels. Contrasts the open-mindedness of English teachers with nationalist and traditionalist agents in government. Describes a conflict over Key Stage 3 testing in Great Britain as exemplifying this clash. (HB)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
